The Dresden Files/Characters/The White Council: Difference between revisions

* [[Poisonous Friend]]: To the White Council and especially Harry, since if you threaten either one, he'll blow you up. Literally.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Fought in the French and Indian War.

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Again, {{spoiler|see aforementioned [[Colony Drop]].}}

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Ebenezar normally uses a staff carved from an oak tree struck by lightning on his farm. But when shit really hits the fan, he pulls out {{spoiler|the Blackstaff, which allows him to work [[Black Magic]] without going insane.}}

 

* [[Badass Grandpa]]

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[Dance Magic]]: Used for some of his spells.

* [[Lady of War]]

* [[Magic Knight]]

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Was born in the 1700s. {{spoiler|Currently has the body of a twenty-five year old.}}

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: By necessity. Ever since {{spoiler|being transferred to her younger body,}} Luccio's talents have suffered as {{spoiler|her new body doesn't have the potential for magic that her older one possessed.}} That being said, she is still ''incredibly'' powerful and a masterfully-skilled fighter, and makes use of her reduced talents to impressive effect. Even with a modest magical talent now, Luccio can produce deadly beams of precise energy or wide area-effect illusions. Harry states in Changes even with the obvious decrease in power he still wouldn't want to fight her.

* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: {{spoiler|Despite what he says, he's a virgin. He's still badass}}.

* [[Ted Baxter]]: He really is pretty damn badass, but he's prone to making jokes about his prowess in everything that exaggerate it to the point of ridiculousness.

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: You don't need a lot of force with particle beams.

** That, and almost everyone looks [[Weak but Skilled]] next to Harry "Powerhouse Slob" Dresden.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: He doesn't like Harry at ''all''. This didn't stop him from recognizing in ''Turn Coat'' that the guy who makes a living as a private investigator might have the best chance of {{spoiler|rooting out [[The Mole]].}}

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Usually he's just "The Merlin."

** [[Fridge Brilliance]] sets in when you realize that {{spoiler|with Peabody's mind-altering spells gone, Merlin's thinking a bit more clearly.}}

* [[Jerkass]]: He was going to {{spoiler|have Molly executed}} just to spite Harry and keep his mantle of authority unchallenged.

* [[Anti-Magic]]: Surprisingly adept at countering spells. {{spoiler|He deflects most of Harry's spells while he's attempting to run him down.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Dog Was the Mastermind]]}}: [[Almighty Janitor|Important]] he might be, but he's still a very minor functionary.

* {{spoiler|[[Mind Control]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Mind Rape]]}}